User manual FARSTONE TOTAL BACKUP RECOVERY ADVANCED SERVER

[. . . ] Total Backup Recovery Advanced Server User's Guide Copyright Notice No part of this publication may be copied, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the expressed written permission of FarStone Technology, Inc. FarStone grants you the right to use one copy of the enclosed software program ("SOFTWARE") on a single computer. If the SOFTWARE is installed on a network, or more than one user can run the SOFTWARE at the same time, you must purchase an additional license for each additional user or computer. Microsoft, Windows® and MS-DOS® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] In doing so, all data on the original hard disk is available on that virtual machine. Tip If you did not install VMware Virtual Disk Development Kits, this function will be disabled. You can visit the provided link to download it. (1)Click on the Tools tab, and select Convert Backup to Virtual Disk. (2)Enter the storage path of the backup image and click Goto, or select it locally or remotely and click Next. (3)Select a complete backup point or an incremental backup point, and click Next. 46 (4)Select to convert a single partition or the entire hard drive, and click Next. (6)Select a local or remote destination path to save the conversion backup. (8)Click Finish to return to the main console when the process completes. 4. 6. 6 iSCSI Initiator First, ensure that the iSCSI initiator is installed on the machine. On Windows Vista, it is installed by default; other Windows systems require a download and manual installation. With this feature, users may connect to the iSCSI device and access a great deal of information and configuration options. Click Add and enter the IP address or DNS name and Port number for the Target Portal on which you would like to log on. If your Target Portal requires Chap for authentication, click Advanced. Then select the Chap logon information option and enter the Target secret. Select the Targets tab to view a list of available targets which you can log on to. Note that the Status for these targets is shown as Inactive prior to login. Tip a. If your targets are not listed in the Targets tab, verify discovery and successful login by repeating Steps 3 through 6. If you successfully log into the Target portal but the target is still not listed, verify that the target has Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) assigned to the server. If the target is still not listed, check the System Event Log for errors, resolve any issues noted in the log, and repeat Steps 2 through 5 to log on to the Target Portal. 7. Select the target that you want to log on to and click Log On. 47 8. Click Advanced and enter the username and password of the iSCSI target. Verify that your target indicates "Connected" in the Status column. Once connected, you can operate the connected iSCSI hard drive as you would a physical hard drive on your system (such as backup and restore). 48 Chapter 5: Recovery Manager 5. 1 Enter Recovery Manager To launch the Recovery Manager, press the F4 after the system POST (Power-On-Self-Test), but before Windows® begins to load. Also you can enter the Recovery Manager manager via the following means, a bootable rescue disk, USB drive, USB key and PXE server. Tip To prevent its use as a pirated operating system, Windows PE automatically stops running the shell and reboots after 72 hours of continuous use. This time period is not configurable. 5. 1. 1 Boot from Bootable Rescue Disk 1. [. . . ] Connect to the network or other locally attached storage and select a Complete or Incremental Backup Image to restore from. A: If a restoration results in changes to the partitions that hold the hidden files, the Secure Area will have to be initialized. When the Client computer restarts, a prompt to initialize the Secure Area will appear. 90 Q. How can I back up and restore without having a DHCP Server on the network? A: If the DHCP service is not running on your network, you'll have to manually enter a static IP address to access the network in PE. Q. A: Total Backup Recovery will start the missed backup automatically at next boot up if you select the checkbox in the setting interface saying If the computer shuts down, run the missed tasks when it boots next time. [. . . ]